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Welcome to Basket to Ethiopia! With this blog I keep you posted about my research on Baskeet, an Omotic language of Ethiopia. Follow my (field)work and learn about the fascinating language and cultural traditions of the Baskeet people.
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- Egg transport in Baskeet
- More Baskeet on YouTube
- Baskeet language found on YouTube
- Publication on the Grammar of Questions in Baskeet
- Gamo and Dorze music
- Baskeet Coffee. Part 2: Bean Coffee
- Baskeet Coffee. Part 1: Leaf Coffee
- Insignia of Baskeet elders: Feathers of the African Paradise Flycatcher
- Ethiopian English: 19 = one nine, 90 = nine zero
- Baskeet story in English translation
- Ethiopian English: Grocery = bottle shop
- Gallery: Baskeet lyre players
- The techniques and vocabulary of lyre playing
- Musical instruments in Baskeet: Lyre
- Shooka
- Musical instruments in Baskeet: Naassa
- Decorating walls in Baskeet houses
- Musical instruments in Baskeet: Drums
- Glossary update
- Children’s toys in Baskeet
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Church Forest: A documentary in the making
I am using today’s post to point out a fascinating film project to you. The film project is not in any way related to Baskeet or the Basketo Special Woreda but it deals with a topic that is also very … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Landmarks, Plants
Tagged Baskeet, Basketo, Ethiopia, film, forest, Orthodox church
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How to distinguish between parasol trees and maize dumplings in Baskeet
In the newspaper article that I discussed in an earlier post, the journalist mentioned that Baskeet is a tone language. In today’s post I’d like to get back to this statement and explain a little bit what it means to … Continue reading
Posted in Food and drinks, Language, Plants
Tagged Baskeet, Basketo, Ethiopia, food, tone, tree
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Baskeet Proverbs (and the Difficulties in Documenting Proverbs)
When documenting the oral literature of a language in Ethiopia (and probably also elsewhere), local lay linguists and people interested in the promotion of their language often express – very early on – the wish that their proverbs be documented. … Continue reading
Posted in Documentation, Language, Oral literature
Tagged Baskeet, Basketo, Ethiopia, fieldwork, Oral literature, proverb
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